Jinan, China: MP kills mistress with car bomb

Former Chinese MP pleads guilty to mistress murder

Posted Tue Aug 7, 2007 3:26pm AEST

A former Chinese lawmaker has pleaded guilty to organising the murder of his young mistress with a car bomb.
Duan Yihe, 61, who was a delegate to the local parliament in Jinan, the capital of eastern China's Shandong province, stood trial in a regional court on Monday (local time).
Duan was arrested last month after a bomb explosion killed his 31-year-old mistress on July 9 in Jinan.
He pleaded guilty to hiring his nephew, a local policeman, to plant the bomb in his mistress' car.
Duan also pleaded guilty to taking bribes and swindling money of up to 1.69 million yuan ($A260,000).
He was further unable to account for another 1.3 million yuan ($A200,000) in his assets, which was beyond his reasonable income level, local media reported.
Duan's nephew Chen Zhi, and the boss of a local auto repair shop Chen Changbing, pleaded guilty to planting the bomb in the victim's car.
There was no mention on when the verdict would be delivered.
Duan has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and stripped of all his official posts.
The relationship between Duan and the mistress began in 1993, but turned sour in 1999, the report said.
- AFP


Chinese ex-official nabbed for murder

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:17:42
Source: Agencies
A former Chinese lawmaker Duan Yihe has been arrested in connection with the murder of his young mistress in a car bomb attack.
Duan Yihe, 61, director of the Standing Committee of the Jinan Municipal People's Congress, is alleged to have hired his nephew-in-law, a policeman, to plant a car bomb that killed Liu Haiping on July 9.
He had been trying to split up with Liu since 1999 due to what he called "conflicts" in their relationship, but Liu refused.
Duan also pleaded guilty to taking bribes and swindling money of up to 1.69 million yuan ($223,000).
He was further unable to account for another 1.3 million yuan in his assets, which was beyond his reasonable income level, the report said.
Duan has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and stripped of all his official posts.
China's leaders have repeatedly acknowledged that corruption is rife within the Communist Party, and seedy accounts of mistresses often accompany the downfall of cadres who get nabbed for graft.
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